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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
THE EFFECT IN NEW YORK.
wild Time in the Wheat PIT and Drop
of Five Cents.

New YORK, June l5.-The center of specula-
tive interest was transferred Tuesday from the
coffee exchange to the produce exchange where
the bears began movement at the opening
that created almost as great panic as they did
Monday in the coffee market The desire to
sell at the opening was strong, and the guam
tity offered so great that decline Of nearly
cents was marked in the first few minutes,
amid the widest excitement. When the break
had assumed the proportion of panic, and
every one seemed crazy to sch, c. d. Free
man, representing Clews & Co, entered the
ring and began bidding for !, 00u, 900 bushels.
1t was like oil on the troubled waters. A
friend in need had come to the rescue and the
excitement was allayed just as it was Mon
day in the coffee market by the bold stand of
ODonohus & Son and Crossnan & Co. The
result was recovery of 8 cents in June
prices, and a marked advance in July before
IL o'clock. But it was wild half hour, and
in tine temper Of the crowd was likely to be
renewed at any moment during the day The
market was even more excited In the after
noon than in the morning.
The wheat pit was crowded all day, and the
utmost feverishness existed from the opening
TO the close, for no one knew how soon or I'M
expectedly the Chicago disaster might affect
the New York market disastrously 1t is
considered remarkable that even a greater
decline in prices here was not occasioned.
1t is understood here that Rosenfelds losses
are about s., 000, 900, and the entire loss in
Chicago not much short of S6,000,000. There
is no apprehension of serious trouble to any
New York house.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

CINCINNATI Ohio, June 15.-The steamboat
mems convention adopted the report of the
special committee on organization Tuesday:
The association is to he called the Commercial
Association of the Navigable Waters of the
United States" with headquarters AZ Cincin-
natl Nnet were elected, as follows:
W. J. Kountz, president, Fittsbrrg: Charles
Muhlmann, Wheeling W. Va. j. D. Parker,
Cincinnati; j. G. Mccullough, Louisville;
Frank Hopkins, Evansville; Joseph Reynolds,
st. Louis; John H. Rees, Memphis; f. C.
Carroll, Vicksburg, and I. P. Leathers, New
Orleans. The secretary was directed to cor
respond with the steamboat owners of the
various river towns and cities and steam YES
sci owners of lake ports explaining tt them
the objects of this organization, and request
ing them to form an auxiliary organization
in their respective places to act IN cO-opera-
ton with this board
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
HOW IT LOOKED ON THE roARp

operators and laid them out Tuesday MORN
ing everything seemed serene and it looked
as though it was plain sailing for the bulls
But the outside forces were at work for the
bears. Thousands of cars standing on the
side tracks, elevators all filled to bursting, ire
mendous receipts reported. and everything
pointing to more wheat-millions more-in
the near future. Such were the conditions
when traders went on change Tuesday morn
ing. For the first offerings of July wheat
there were no takers. 1t was offered under
the supposed market-still no takers. Then
the entertainment opened The uDroar grew
intense IN the wild effort to sell wheat. July
dropped from s3$4 cents to 50 cents while
men were thinking what to do Every one
wanted to unload, but no one want
ed wheat 1t less time than it
takes to tell the story July wheat
was offered at S054 cents. or 3 cents less
than the closing price Monday. 1t was a
short storm, but terrible in its effects on the
crowd. Traders crawled out of the pit drip
ping with perspiration and weak from excite
ment There was talk OF failures, but none
were announced to add to the feverish condi-
ton of things Then for an hour there was a
slight rally, and the leading future, July,
sold up to Slls cents. This was but lull in
the storm At Ii a m the indicator for July
showed that it was again selling down, and
in fifteen minutes it was offered at 70 cents
Al cents below the opening an hour before
Then came the third tumble at the noon
hour, and July wheat sold down to 16lS cents,
"a cents below the opening price The en-
tire board was little less than pandemonium
and the bears declared it just retribution en-
the bullish wheat manipulators.
At 1870 came the startling announcement
that persons having trades with Rosenfield
& Co, one of the clique houses, should close
them at once. The uproar had not subsidized
when July wheat took the fourth and worst
turn of the day and dropped for a moment to
"A cents Trouble was expected on margins
at kershaws, and the crowd was ready for
of people rushed in from the streets. and the
gallery was filled with an excited throng of
men and women. 1t was a morning session
to he remembered as long as wheat grows.
At Rosenfelds it was found that their checks
had been thrown out of the banks. and a part
ner OF the house announced it looked as if
they had failed, as their principals had gone
back on them
In the meantime the June option had
dropped from 92$s cents to 10, while May
of course shared in the tumble
To Illustrate the great flop, the following
range of prices for regular No spring wheat
prevailing on change during the day will be
of interest:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

BosToN, June 1.-THE Royal Arcanum
supreme council has elected the following
officers: Supreme regent, S. NJ. Linnsley, of
Utica, N. Y; supreme vice regent, L. r.
Watts, Portsmouth, Va: supreme orator, C.
F. Loring, Melro5e Highlands, Mass past
supreme regent, A. C. Trip, Baltimore; SUI
preme secretary, W Robson, Boston: su-
preme treasurer, E. A. Skinner, Westtield,
N. Y. supreme chaplain, Rev. W Gardiner,
jackson, Mich, supreme guide H. s Buck
hardt, Chicago, Ills; Supreme warden, Ct Z.
Peekinpaugh, Wooster, Ohio; supreme sentry,
Frank G. Ford Augusta, Ga. The next an
nual session will be held in Toronto, Ont
providing the Massachusetts legislature will
pass an act legaliziug legislation enacted
there If this fails the annual meeting viii
be held in Indianapolis next wear.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

THE election OF 1884 showed that mug
wumpism bad gained at least a foothold
in Wisconsin. BlaiDe's vote for president
falling more, than 1000 short of Rusk s
for governor and Cleveland's leading
that of the democratic candidate for gov
ernOr in the same proportion. Two years
of a democratic administration have
greatly strengthened the independent
feeling, and its importance is now fully
recognized by the republican managers.
The Milwaukee Sentinel, the chief party
organ. opposes the denomination of
Blaine. and Senator Sawyer the leading
party manager, is out for Sherman as the
candidate in 1888. The drift of senti.
ment is Illustrated by the result of can
vass among thirty prominent republicans
of Oshkosh, which showed tn It Blaine
was the first choice of only fourteen, and
that number of these doubt the advisa>
bility of nominating him for fear that he
would be more badly beaten another time,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, June 15-Wednesday
being the day set for the adjournment of the
legislature, the business was done with rush
Tuesday. The following bills were passed in
the senate: For a general banking law; to
prevent the spread of contagious cattle dis
eases; preventing physicians acting as. phar-
macists unless they obtain certificates as
pharmacists; the mob and riot bill; general
appropriation bill; requiring letter of con-
tract to see that the laborers are paid before
he settles with the contractor; house boycott
bill; prohibiting landlords charging taxes
in rent of farms The house sustained
the governors veto of the Lille appropriation
and sent the bill requiring mine operators
to pay miners for coal screenings to third
reading. The tax levy bill was passed, and
the bill providing for the teaching in the pub
lie schools of the effects of alcohol on the hui
man system voted down on motion to send to
second reading. The medical practice act
was sent to third reading. The report on the
death of G. s. Pedro at the Anna asylum was
adopted 1t exonerateS the officials
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

For the Purpose of Checking the Ambi-
rn..
W
Dav'tt Is TO BE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ilness-The Crown Prince - Chamber
lain Talk. About Gladstone.
LONDON, June l5.-The Austrian and Ger
man ambassadors called upon Lord Salisbury
at the foreign Office Tuesday afternoon, and
the three were closeted together for some
time. The purpose or result of the interview
has not been definitely made public, but the
meeting is believed to portend the cohesion of
Germany and Austria with England in OPP
posing the aggressions of Russia on the from
tier OF Afghanistan, and Englands joint
action with Austria in restraining or thwart-
ing Russia's ill-concealed intention of occupy
ing Bulgaria. The repeated warnings OF the
English press during the last few days have
not been necessary to apprise Lord Salisbury
of the fact that both the Bulgarian and At
CHAN questions have assumed phases render
ing immediate settlement by arbitration, force
of arms, or an alliance sufficiently strong to
induce Russia to substitute discretion for ter
ritorial ambition absolutely imperative
The position of Russia on the Afghan
frontier, after two years of careful quiet, and
unrestricted preparation, is much stronger
than that of England in any part Of the
Ameer's dominions, and the first stages Of
actual war could not fail to result disastrous
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
MRS. MOLLOY TESTIFIES.
Put on the Stand by the State She Makes a
Good Impressiou.

Put on the Stand by the State She Makes a
Good Impression.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo, June 15-The state is
making excellent progress with the examina-
ton of witnesses in the Cora Lee case, The
features of Tuesday we're the examination of
Charley and Roy Graham, whose testimony
was substantially the same as at the prelim-
mary trial Mrs. Molioy was placed on the
stand by the state and made an excellent i'm
preston on the jury. She showed
strong desire to answer every question pro-
pounded, even when the defense objected She
had known Cora Lee since 1889 and became
acquainted with Graham in 1880, meeting him
in the Indiana penitentiary. There was no
affection between Cora and Graham at Elgin,
and sine never heard her express any regard
for him at Washington, Kan. The witness
thought Cora was in Indian territory June 9,
1884, not with Graham at the Union hotel at
Atchison, Kan Mrs. Molloy left home in
September, 1855. Graham told her he was
going to Indiana TO settle his fathers estate
Robbery on the Union Pacific Road.
OMAHA, Neb., June l5.-The discovery has
Just been made that conductors and brake
men on the Union Pacific road have been car
rying out a systematic scheme of robbery
like that exposed some months ago on the
Pennsylvania road The officials have been
suspicious for a long time that something of
the kind was going on and last winter dis
charged several men, but they have been I'M
able to get a positive clew until now. Sun
day night car was broken open at Central
City and SIS worth of goods taken from it.
a II. L
Monday giving a list of the stolen property
and also stating that the thieves had been
spotted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
LABOR RIOT AT CLEVELAND.
strikers Attack Their Successors at Work
Two Men Badly Hurt.

CLEVELAND, Ohio June 15-The strike in
the ore docks of the New York, Pennsylvania
& Ohio railroad eliminated in riot Tuesday
afternoon. About month ago the men who
load ore into cars at the docks struck for 81 a
day, an advance of IS cents. Since then
their places have been filed by colored men
from the south and foreigners from
Chicago For a fortnight the workmen
have had police protection, as the strikers,
who are Irish, threatened to drive them out of
town Tuesday afternoon George Vactor, a
colored porter at the Central station took
some lunch to Superintendent O'Brien. The
strikers attacked him, beat him IN terrible
manner, and would have killed him had they
not been driven away by the police. At the same
time John Mannon started home to dinner.
He is unloading ore from vessels and is not
striker nor ''scab" He was assaulted Just
the same, however, and had his leg broken.
The police called for assistance, and a patrol
wagon dashed to the scene and the police dis
persed the mob The railroad company, see
ing that they would have to act quickly to
prevent bloody scene, loaded their imported
eolored men into a train and amid a shower
of bricks and ore started away to the suburbs
John Joyce, one of the men who assaulted
bactor, has been arrested.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

1t will tie seen that cash wheat at the OPEN
ing stood 81 cents higher than July delivery
"a most abnormal figure The general idea
is that cash stuff ought not to range higher
than p cents over thirty days delivery
The results of the crash as gathered late at
night is that the following suspensions are
booked:
Maurice Eosenfeld & Co, Hamill G.
Brine, and E. W. Bailey s. Co, and
c. J. Kersbaw are seriously embarrassed.
Settling clerks, Messenger boys and
anxious brokers focked into the office of the
latter firm during the afternoon to inquire
for statement from the firm of its standing,
but no statement coald be obtained In the
evening the firm caused it to be announced
that it was expected that funds would be
forthcoming Wednesday to pay all differ
ences. 1t is believed that should Kershaw &
Co fail to meet their heavy obligations not
less than twelve well-known firms will go I'M
der
In speaking of the b reak Secretary George
+. Stone of the board of trade, said it was
matter of great surprise that more failures
did not result As much business was done
on change Tuesday as would ordinarily be
done in an entire week
Mr. Hall senior member of the suspended
firm of Hamil & Brine, said that the drop
came so quickly that they did not have time
to call or collect margins. The closing out of
all trades and their temporary suspension
were for the purpose of self protection.
L. W Bailey. whose house failed, said the
whole thing was so unexpected that they
hadn't time to realize what had taken place
before the bottom was struck They were
calledfor about 10000 margins and called
their customers for about $1,000 They
were not able to tell how they stood
Joseph Rosenbaum q Co. is one of the
firms whose fate depends upon the solvency
OF kershsw & Co They are long 1900
bushels of wheat at o. cents and their loss
will approximate $2n,oO0, and unless certain
differences are paid them by Kershaw it is
expected they will go to the wall
President A NJ Wright, of the board of
trade, said that the break was the biggest
and most rapid he had ever seen on change,
save, perhaps, on the occasion of John B.
Lyons & Co.'S failure in 1872, when wheat
broke right off from 81 Is to 81 l3 per bushel
Wiltshire, the supposed leader of the Gin
cinnati clique, was here Saturday, Sunday,
and Monday, and it was well known among
the shorts that repeated interviews occurred
between him and his Chicago brokers at the
Richelieu, and in consequence the latter were
closely watched. Kershaw was noticed leav-
ing the last conference Monday night in such
troubled spirits that certain of the watehfui
shorts scented the trouble, and as soon as
trading began Tuesday morning, acted upon
their impressions" Leopold Bloom, who
has gained considerable notoriety as scalper,
is said to have cleared &c. 900 on the decline.
The break did not seriously affect the bucket
shops. Some of them lost money, but not
enough to close them up.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

SOME very Interesting figures are pub
lished by the Providence Journal from
advance sheets of the census of Rhode
Island which was taken in 1885 and is
now in process OF completion. These
show that while there are nearly $4,000
men of voting age Ia the state, less than
as 900 are returned as qualified voters.
This great discrepancy is not due, as
might be supposed, solely to the discrim-
instion which the state laws make against
residents Of foreign birth, for while
about "a, GOO of the SO 600 are native
born, only about II 600 of them are actual
voters. the others, numbering over 49,
900. havin. never taken the trouble to
comply with the registration laws. The
voting age is nearly $4,000. and only
about 5 900 OF these are actual voters.
Over 5000 of them have never been
naturalized, while over 3, 400 who have
been naturalzed, are not able to vote be-
cause not possessing the 1884 worth of
real estate required by law. If all the
aliens were naturalized, and universal
and unrestricted suffrage prevailed, the
native born voter would still outnumber
the foreign born by more than five to
three
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
BRIDLING THE BEAR.
ENGLAND, GERMANY, AND AUSTRIA
POOLING THEIR ISSUES

For the Purpose of Checking the Ambi-.
tion Of the Muscoxite - Rumor That
Davitt Is To Be Arrested-Bismarek's
Illness-The Crown Prince - Chamber
lof ToIlr. A I,ouf (sfaHsfnpa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
The AmaIsamated Wage Scale.

PrTTsBURG, Pa, June 15.-At Tuesday
mornings session of the Amalgamated asso-
citation of Iron and Steel workers, the annual
scale was completed Printed copies of the
scale will be mailed to each manufacturer in
order to give all an opportunity to consider it
and report on or before the joint conference
on next Tuesday afternoon. Quite number
of changes have been made in the scale by the
convention since it was reported by the wage
committee, but as it now stands 10 per cent.
advance is demanded for all the principal
work No change is made in the wages of
the nailers. The manufacturers say there
will be a fight; that they will not grant an
advance III wages. They have made such
statements before but when the time came
they signed the scale
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
-Four Failures in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June l5.-There was
more excitement here Tuesday when the
news from Chicago arrived than has been
witnessed for years. There were no buyers
for July wheat and tumble In prices began
which did not stop until four firms had laid
down under their loads, The anfortunates
were: Hill, FIertzheim & Co. Milwaukee
representatives of c, S. kershaw, of Chicago;
Wilson Bros Hooker, Crittenden q Co, and
Joseph Wild, small broker. There were
other heavy losers among the brokers, and
further trouble is anticipated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, June l5-Charles A.
Pillsbury. in speaking of the collapse of the
Chicago wheat clique, saws, Il don't think
any Minneapolis millers or wheat dealers
had any wheat in Chicago and thereby got
stuck on the break. On the contrary, think
most everybody had sold against their wheat
they had on this corner aud were shipping it
as fast as they could get cars to ship by. Now
that wheat has gone down they will buy in
their sales and consequently will have reduced
the price of the wheat they have on hand
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
REVOLVERS AND RAZORS
UTILIZED TO SETTLE A COUPLE OF
pIFFlCul TIES.

Two Young Farmers Wounded In a Regu-
lar Affair of Honor Over a Maiden Fair
While Two Maidens Not Fair Do Each
Other Up with Razors-A Horrible Sus-
picion Hanging Over q Boy.
OTTAWA, Can, June I5-Word was re-
ceived here Tuesday from Kalida, a small
village about ten miles from here, that duel
was fought between two young farmers, John
Grochus and Thomas Undertake, resulting
in the serious wounding Of both The dis
tanee was twenty five yards, weapons pistols.
At the command to fire Undertakes pistol
missed fire. but Grochus' bullet passed
through Undertakes coat and lodged in q
tree behind him. Grochus' friends wished
the duel to stop, but Undertake said he
wanted TO kill or be killed Word was again
given to fire, Undertake being wounded in
the stomach and Grochus in the side. Exam
nation by physicians showed both to be
seriously wounded, but they will probably
recover
The cause of the duel was their rivalry for
the hand of Miss Mary Briney. After the
duel the men shook hands and agreed to let
the young lady choose between them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

So successful was the late national
drill from military standpoint-wholly
the result of individual effort-that Gems
eral Sheridan, as commander of the
port to the secretary of War, recommend
that congress make provision for an an
nual drill and encapment, to be held up-
der the auspices OF the army in WASH
lngton, IN order that the irrepressible
American military spirit may be gratitied
and disciplined.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
The Grimes Bill.

LONDON, June I5.-In the house of COM
mons, in committee Tuesday evening, Cum
minis, member for Roscommon, moved to omit
from the clause the words, enabling the
lord lieutenant to proclaim any association
interfering with the administration of the
law or distur bling order This portion of
the clause, he said, wss whole coercion act
in itself. The amendment was rejected after
a debate in which Balfour SAID the lord lieu
tenant could do nothing under the clause
without the authority of parliament
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15
COLD WATER ON A BOOM.
Gen. NegIey's Opinion Of the Alabama
Iron District.

Iron District.
NEW YORK, June 15-Cien James S. Neg
ley has returned from his visit to the new
iron district of the south lying around Biz
mingham, Ala. The general may claim a
sufficient knowledge of iron productions to
give his opinions weight His discoveries
lead him 20 believe that the iron scepter has
not passed from Pittsburg and is not likely TO
until greater than Birmingham shall have
been found. The ore beds of Birmingham,
he says, are not in cluster, nor is the terri
tory an unbroken he'd of ore with rich out
groupings such as some Investigators have
described The mines of coal and iron are
separated widely and Pittsburg, he says, is
actually nearer its fuel in miles, time and
cost than the new bonanza Moreover, the
production of coke is still in very undevel-
oped state and the pro iuct of their furnaces
is of an Indifferent quality.
The boom in real estate has been the eres
ator Of much OF the seeming wealth claimed
for the district, and its actual status can not
b Asesssssas astsE,ained until fhs irevssshlz
ssasisg ~ III
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

WASHINGTON CITY, June 15.-Adjt Gen.
Drum has received the following telegram
from Gen. Howard, dated San Francisco,
June -:
Gen Miles telegraphs that Capt Pierce reports
only sixteen men absent from San Carlos, aud
that all the Indians the reservation understand
that the action Of few reflects upon the whole
tribe, and are anxious that the offenders shall be
captured. He leaves Los Angeles today for Fort
Grant
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

LONDON, June l5.-The Pail Mall Gazette
publishes an interview with DR.. Morell Mac
kenze, in which the latter adheres to his opin-
ion that the throat trouble affecting the crown
prince of Prussia is merely warty growth,
and authorizes the paper to state as coming
from him that unless some change should oc-
cur in the general condition of the crown
prince his complete restoration to health is
positively assured
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-15

LONDON, June l5.-The feature of the elab-
crate preparations for the queens jubilee is
the arrival of the Crown Prince Frederick
William of Prussia, who overshadows all the
other royal visitors in importance and inter
est The conflicting reports as to the gravity
of his malady have added greatly to public
concern in his movements and vastly in
creased his popularity, and next to the
queen herself he will unquestionabiy be the
most conspicuous figure of the celebration.